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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1893
Page
2
EMSHEIMER'S offers rivets and a range of clothing fabrics and garments. Ladies' vests sell at 5 cents each, gingham 43 to 44 cents per yard, dress goods 18 3-4 cents, and charlies 43 to 44 cents per yard. Toile du Nord gingham 91 2 cents per yard, striped skirts 25 cents each, lace curtains 39 cents per pair. 10-4 sheeting 14 3-4 cents per yard, 200 cloth blazer suits at 3.49 each, indigo blue prints 5 1-2 cents per yard.
Dentists practice at 48 and 20 Eleventh Street. Reading shows professional listings for H. Emsheimer and associates with focus on dental care and local service offerings.
A jumble of notices, including party nominations in Belmont County towns like Martins Ferry and Bridgeport, local transfers of real estate, business ads for goods and services, oblique memorials, and market reports. The item lists Democratic, Republican, and Prohibition nominations, local incumbents, tax assessors, and trustees, alongside commerce ads for piano moving, opticals, jewelry, hosiery, and eggs from Durst candy factory.
Rheinstrm, long associated with the Opera House, abruptly leaves town after failing to meet obligations totaling around $2,000. Letters from Baltimore confirm he cannot continue management, leaving creditors and associates to recover losses. The Opera House will continue with booked attractions while landlords seek overdue rent and assets are liquidated.
News of the Day items include the Dorcas Society of Third Presbyterian Church hosting a well attended supper and social with proceeds to buy necessary church articles. Also reported are local accidents, a mud problem on Caldwell's Run, a pay car visit by B and O staff, a City Hall theft, grand jury actions, a benefit for streetcar workers, a soldier’s funeral, and society events in Wheeling.
The theatre group promises a grand parade of minstrelsy and comedy, with a high cameo of novelty acts by the Biks in active rehearsal. A photographic studio reopens April first under R C O Neill with M H Sykes operator. Julius Jacobs announces a dry goods sale to May first at 106 Main street, selling out stock at cutting prices.
Don’t Your Piano Need tuning W Bannen Co advertise piano tuning while Prov Snerr an optician opens new quarters at 1110 Main Street offering resting eyes and fitting glasses Eyes examined free of charge Artificial eyes available from W Bannen Co and Snerr with updated premises and services.
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